2,410 people waiting for organ donation

2,410 people waiting for organ donation

BENGALURU: The state government has said as many as 2,410 people are waiting for organ donation as per the list provided by the Zonal Co-Ordination Committee of Karnataka (ZCCK) for organ transplants.

Replying to a question by Jayamala (Congress) in the legislative council on Monday, health minister U T Khader said the ZCCK has as many as 10,500 people on their list, who have pledged their organs for donation after their death. However, as of January 2015, 68 people have been able to donate their organs. The beneficiaries from the organ donation as of January 2015 are 336 people.

Referring to Chief Minister Harish Santwana Yojana, launched earlier this month, Khader has said as many as 192 government hospitals have been brought under a single umbrella of the Suvarna Arogya Suraksha Trust, wherein the government will pay Rs25,000 for the patients who meet with accidents and are ferried to the hospital for first aid treatment or primary care.

He said barring the 192 government hospitals, 74 more private hospitals under the Suraksha Trust have also been added to the list with more being enrolled for primary care to accident victims.

He said the government has no intentions of extending monetary support to the families of people who donate their organs.

On the issue of protecting those who help accident victims, from police harassment, Khader said the Union ministry of road transport and national highways has already drafted a Standard Operating Procedure for protection of good samaritans and as soon as the Ministry passes the bill, the state government will issue the orders for the same.

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